Jake, He is Such a Good Old Dog!!

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I started a discussion earlier about our cat Wilbur and now I thought I would tell you about our dog Jake. We have actually had Jake a lot longer than Wilbur. He is the second dog we have ever had and has lived a lot longer than our first one. We got Jake on Christmas Eve of 1996. It was a really heart warming but funny story about the way he was given to us. We had a rental house and the couple who was renting from us asked us if we wanted a puppy for our kids. I talked to my husband and he was okay with it so we agreed. They said they would bring the puppy on Christmas Eve. My son was still fairly small and not sure on what to do with a puppy but my daughter really wanted one. So I told the couple to give it to her when they brought it. When they came in my daughter came into the room full of curiosity. They brought Jake in down inside a brown paper bag like people carry their lunch in (he was pretty small. She took the bag cautiously and I told her it all right to go ahead and open it. She nearly droppd the bag when Jake started moving around and her eyes got as bag as a half dollar!! Then she opened it up and looked inside then squealed and said "It is a puppy!!"She took him out and let him walk around the living room and then he walked over to where she was standing, climbed on her shoe and sat down, Ha! Ha! It was so sweet and funny at the same time!!A few weeks later Amanda and Stuart were outside on our deck playing with some other kids. I went outside to check on them and I saw Stuart sitting in one of those little cars that kids could go around in. I went over to make sure he was okay and Jake had crawled up in his lap, curled up and went to sleep. Stuart, maybe four years old at the time, was grinning from ear to ear!! I would have given anything if I had had my camera with me at that moment!!I hope I'm not boring anyone with these stories of our animals. My kids love them and that makes me love them too because what is important to my kids is important to me. God Bless and Have a Wonderful Day!1